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Agoa uncertainty adds fresh strain to South Africa’s poultry industry | SA News

South Africa’s poultry industry is increasingly exposed to global trade politics, with renewed uncertainty around the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) compounding pressures from rising input costs, disease risks and weak consumer demand.

In its annual report for the year to end-September, Astral Foods said uncertainty over Agoa and US trade concessions was undermining investment, employment and long-term planning in the local industry.

Agoa officially expired at the end of September this year after a final 10-year extension passed in 2015. This effectively cut duty-free access to the US for eligible sub-Saharan countries, subjecting South Africa to tariffs of up to 30%.

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